Category Archives: Natural & Vegetarian Restaurants

Absolute Michigan Giveaway: 2009 Epicurean Classic in St. Joseph

August 13, 2009 – 10:19 am

Tasting Tent II by farlane
The 2009 Epicurean Classic takes place St. Joseph August 28 - 30, 2009. It's one of the premier annual celebrations of culinary artisanship, drawing big name chefs from around the nation and world who lead classes & cooking presentations and mingle in a relaxed and unimaginably tasty setting. Add in [...]

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2009 Rothbury Ticket Giveaway Is Over!

June 23, 2009 – 5:02 pm

After tallying the votes from an enormous number of submissions we have identified our winner. Drum roll please......
"I moved from Michigan to Florida this January for work. People said "Florida in the winter....wow, you're lucky" and "you got a job in this economy, man, you're lucky". Well let me tell you something my [...]

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Live from the 2009 Boyne City Morel Festival

May 16, 2009 – 6:17 am

Editor's Note: We originally planned for this to be a post-event feature, but Cherie was having so much fun that she wanted to give folks a chance to check out the rest of the festival today!

morel spring 2008 by baldo1man
When an avid morel mushroom hunter stands before 250 people recounting a time when he walked [...]

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M is for Monday … and Midwest, MCS, Michigan Agriculture and MORELS!

May 4, 2009 – 8:51 am

Morels ! by cedarkayak
The latest issue of Midwest Living feature on the Best Midwest Food Towns served up a platefull of restaurants in our region that might entice the culinary tourist. Their editors selected Traverse City as the #2 town and Ann Arbor #3. Also featured were a collection of recipes from Traverse City including [...]

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Michigan morels and the Boyne City Mushroom Festival

April 20, 2009 – 7:30 am

morel mushroom by Latitude 45
The Boyne City National Morel Mushroom Festival takes place May 14-17, 2009. This year is the 49th annual*, and the 4 day celebration of the morel mushroom includes a morel seminar and guided mushroom hunt on Friday and of course the Boyne Valley Lions National Mushroom Hunt on on Saturday (be [...]

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2nd Annual Chef's Challenge at Shanty Creek ~ April 24-26

March 31, 2009 – 11:18 am

Looking for a way to heat up your springtime in Northern Michigan? Look no further than the  Springtime Splendor Week at the 2nd Annual Chef's Challenge at Shanty Creek. What could be more fun than a food fight? A little healthy competition in celebration of the greatest food and food talent that Michigan [...]

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Dig Michigan: Traverse City

August 7, 2008 – 11:32 am

Traverse City is the largest city in Northwest Lower Michigan, and the first of Michigan's regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas away, so if you have [...]

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Michigan Restaurants: Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant in Ann Arbor and Ferndale

February 26, 2008 – 8:51 pm

Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant in Ann Arbor (and Ferndale) offers a unique dining experience. Central to Ethiopian dining is eating from the same plate and sharing the same bread (called injera). The injera, a flat, tangy, crepe-like bread, made with self-rising wheat flour or teff and water. By pinching a bite-sized piece of [...]

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Michigan Restaurants: The Fleetwood Diner in Ann Arbor, Lansing & Kentwood

February 5, 2008 – 9:21 am

Fleetwood Mohawk by aTanguay
Food at the Fleetwood Diner is, as one might expect, no-frills, hot as blazes and delicately flavored with whatever else has been on the grill all day. This is a good thing. Come here for all manner of eggs, bacon, sausage, etc., burgers the way you want them, greasy fries, BLTs, tuna [...]

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February is Dining Month on Absolute Michigan

February 1, 2008 – 9:16 am

Crab Rangoon by Shawn Botruff
(chef who made this at the Bluebird)
For the month of February, we'll be focusing on dining in Michigan. Starting Monday, we'll be offering daily profiles of restaurants. We'll begin with diners and dives, check out some casual and family restaurants, dress up for fine dining and sample some of the great [...]

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